Best PlacesBraceville, IL Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Braceville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Braceville ranks 30,581st of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on cell coverage by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Braceville
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Braceville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Braceville ranks high
- Cell coverageBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 92% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than 91% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 88% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 88% of towns
Where Braceville ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 4% of towns
- School gradeD, better than only 4% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 5% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Braceville
A household needs to earn about $61,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Braceville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $86,631, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Braceville's effective rate of 1.94%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Braceville
Braceville runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Braceville.
Who works in Braceville, and how
Work in Braceville centers on retail trade and construction. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 95%
- Work from home 5%
- Transit, walk, or bike 0%
Life in Braceville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Braceville.
What the weather is like in Braceville, month by month
Braceville sees roughly 71 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 33, with lows near 19. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33° | 25° | 19° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 84° | 74° | 65° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Braceville
Chicago Midway International sits about 47 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 9.4 million passengers in 2025, with 113 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Braceville
Schools across Braceville average a D, better than 4% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Coal City Intermediate SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Reed-custer Elementary SchoolB− · 43% proficient
- Gardner Elem SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Reed-custer Middle SchoolC− · 30% proficient
Top high schools
- Coal City High SchoolC− · 30% proficient
- Gardner-south Wilmington Twp H SD+ · 25% proficient
- Reed-custer High SchoolD− · 18% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Braceville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Braceville measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Braceville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Braceville
Is Braceville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Braceville ranks 30,581st of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on cell coverage, big-city access, and a stable housing market, and lowest on taxes and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Braceville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $202,008. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $86,631 median income, cost of living beats 62% of towns.
Is Braceville safe?
Yes, Braceville is safer than 60% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $212 per resident a year.
Compare Braceville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Braceville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Braceville represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Braceville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Braceville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Braceville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Braceville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Braceville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Braceville detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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